Práticas e representações sobra a escola: descontinuidades entre a educação formal e a educação tradicional: o caso de Angoche

Abstract

The objective of this research project is. from an intensive study, analyze the relationship between formal education and traditional / islamic education in the coastal community of Angoche. province of Nampula. The preliminary research carried out that is the basis of this research project has revealed that more than financial issues, 'which in general, can influence, positively or negatively the schooling of children, in Angoche the participation of the community in the activities of the current official education, it continues to be influenced by the fact that the school in the colonial period operated under a close relationship with the Catholic Church, in a region that, until the date of its establishment, Islamism was already rooted. j From this point of view, as in the colonial past, parents / guardians limit the child's participation in official education and encourage their involvement in traditional / Islamic education1, where older people play a leading role. and seen as an institution that must be eternalized because it is indispensable for social cohesion and the continuity of life itself.